0 points!!!

Hi jadesnookes

I am so sorry this has happened to you. It doesn't help very much, but you are certainly not alone.

When you receive the decision letter - you can ring up the DWP and ask for a Mandatory Reconsideration. You have one month from the date on the decision letter to do this.

Your primary task is to show that you meet the criteria, there are many reasons you may have failed, you need to address each of these but don't get bogged down in criticising the assessment report unless you can clearly show that it is incorrect, it is a lot easier to argue the facts of the situation;

"the assessor recorded that I can walk 50m, I can but they have failed to document that I have to stop every 10m for a rest due to breathlessness and pain."

Use your recording to remind yourself of what you actually said, but at this stage, there is no value in telling the DWP that you recorded the conversation as they will not look at it or take any notice of it. If you had to go to appeal - you can use it.

Go through every question about why you think you should have scored points and refer back to the evidence that you have.

In terms of the quality of the report - don't get bogged down in the spelling mistakes. You can always put in a separate complaint about the quality of the report. It's not professional for them to issue a poorly spelt report, but it won't actually gain you more points. If you want to mention it, just add a couple of sentences at the end of your MR.

You can find more details about how to challenge a PIP medical report and more details in how to write your MR from our guides. if you look under the PIP appeals heading

benefitsandwork.co.uk/guides-for-claimants/pip

Come back if you have any further questions.